- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS boards purchase fair trade products.
Answer
Information on how many NHSboards purchase fair trade products is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3336 by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 November 2003, how many unfilled vacancies existed in the NHS for consultant psychiatrists in all disciplines in (a) 2003 and (b) 2004 and how many such vacancies currently exist.
Answer
Information on psychiatric consultant vacancies in NHS Scotlandis published on the Scottish Health Statistics website under Workforce Statistics,at
www.isdscotland.org/workforce.
Section B gives details of allmedical and dental staff employed in NHS Scotland. In particular, tables B11 andB12 show the whole-time equivalent (WTE) and headcount number of psychiatric consultantvacancies for years 2003 and 2004, broken down by NHS board area. Latest availablefigures are at 30 September 2004.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 12 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of (a) reported crimes, (b) convictions, (c) imprisonments have taken place when motivated by drug use in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answer
The information requested isnot available. The statistics available centrally on crimes recorded by thepolice do not distinguish the circumstances of the crime, such as themotivation of the offender. The statistics available centrally on convictionsand custodial sentences do not distinguish whether the crimes and offencesinvolved were motivated by drug use.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 July 2005
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Answered by Andy Kerr on 12 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) junior and (b) senior house officers employed in each of the last five years did not receive their degree in medicine from a UK higher education institution.
Answer
NHSScotland Workforce Statistics
SeniorHouse Officers and House Officers who received their medical degree out with UK.
| Headcount at 30 September |
| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Senior House Officer | 525 | 525 | 636 | 726 | 762 |
| House Officer | 52 | 88 | 49 | 54 | 146 |
Itshould be noted that there has been a significant increase in the overall numberof Senior House Officer positions available in NHS Scotland. Posts haveincreased from 2,021 positions in 2000, to 2,729 positions in 2004. Thisrepresents an increase of 24% over four years.
International migration is onthe increase and the market for healthcare professionals has become global. Individualsare at liberty to apply for a post for which they are suitably qualified fromanywhere in the world. Appointments to medical training positions are made viaan open recruitment process, for which those from overseas are eligible, andNHS employers do not give preferential treatment to any applicant on the basisof their country of origin.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2005
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Answered by Tom McCabe on 12 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on external media relations in each year since 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Executivecontracted PR agencies direct from the 1 August 2004.(News release of 12 August 2004 refers, obtainable from the Scottish Executivewebsite). Prior to this date, PR related work was sub contracted via thecreative advertising agencies on the Scottish Executive contract. To identify suchexpenditure prior to 1 August 2004 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Thefour PR agencies contracted by the Scottish Executive since 1 August 2004 areused to promote Scottish Executive public information campaigns and do not actin any other corporate capacity on behalf of the Executive. The contractedagencies are: Barkers; Citigate SMARTS; Consolidated Communications; The Big Partnership.
Expenditure in 2004-05 was£904,098.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 12 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it spent on the purchase of alcoholic drink in each year since 1999.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 12 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the publications that it issued since 1 April 2004, giving the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) purpose of each publication.
Answer
A list of Scottish Executivepublications and their costs since 1999 is given in
Scottish Executive Listof Publications/Costs 1 April 2004 – 30 June 2005, a copy of which has beenplaced in the Parliament’s reference centre under (Bib. number 37172).
There is currently nocentral record held on the circulation and the purpose of each publication and thiscould only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 12 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of undergraduates entering (a) Edinburgh, (b) St Andrews and (c) Glasgow university came from (i) fee-paying private schools and (ii) state schools in each year since 1980.
Answer
The data available onentrants to higher education institutions from state schools are publishedannually as a performance indicator by the Higher Education Statistics Agency(formerly published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England). Theperformance indicator is the percentage of young (aged under 21), full-time, UK domiciledundergraduate entrants from state schools or colleges. The indicator has beenpublished since 1997-98 and the most recent year for which it is available is2002-03. The values of the indicator for the listed institutions are given inthe table below. For comparison the same indicator is also provided for allScottish and all UK HEIs.
Table: Percentages of young,full-time, UK domiciled undergraduate entrants from state schoolsor colleges
| Institution | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 |
| The University of Edinburgh | 61% | 66% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 66% |
| The University of St Andrews | 60% | 59% | 59% | 58% | 62% | 62% |
| The University of Glasgow | 82% | 84% | 85% | 85% | 86% | 89% |
| All Scottish HEIs | 82% | 83% | 84% | 84% | 85% | 88% |
| All UK HEIs | 82% | 86% | 86% | 86% | 87% | 88% |
Source:Higher Education Statistics Agency
Note: Forless than 10 per cent of young entrants, data on previous schooling were notavailable and those entrants were excluded from the calculation of theperformance indicator.
Further information on thisperformance indicator is available at the URL below.
http://www.hesa.ac.uk/pi/default.htm.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of cases of (a) shoplifting, (b) domestic burglary, (c) non-domestic burglary, (d) theft from motor vehicle, (e) robbery, (f) fraud, (g) theft of motor vehicle, (h) stranger and acquaintance violence, (i) mugging, (j) murder, (k) culpable homicide and (l) deaths caused by driving have taken place when motivated by drug use in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answer
Information on whether accusedpersons in homicide cases recorded by the police were under the influence ofdrugs has been collected since 2000. The available statistics are given in thetable. Similar data for other types of crime are not collected centrally.
Persons accused in homicidecases1 recorded as being under the influence of drugs, 2000-2003
| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Number | 17 | 21 | 32 | 36 |
| % of total accused2 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 26 |
Notes:
1. Currently (as at 10 November 2004)recorded as homicide.
2. Total includes accusedpersons whose drug status was not known.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 11 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of people recruited to teach (a) science, (b) mathematics and (c) modern languages were from (i) the United Kingdom, (ii) the European Union and (iii) other overseas nations in each year from 1994 to 2004.
Answer
Local authorities areresponsible for the recruitment of teachers in their areas. Information on theareas of origin of newly recruited teachers is not held centrally.
